Radio Shack TANDY 102 User manual

TANDY 102
Owner's Manual
Cat. No. 26-3803

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To Our Customers
Congratulations on purchasing the
Tandy 102—atruly revolutionary
portable computer!
This manual shows how to get started with
the Tandy 102 and do many of today's
most exciting and practical applications:
Part 1shows how to start up the Tandy
102 and use all 5of its built-in
programs.
Part 2shows how to communicate with
public-access computers, such as
CompuServe and Dow Jones.
Part 3shows how to communicate with
private computers, such as an office
computer or atime-sharing computer.
Please feel at ease with the Tandy 102.
Pressing the wrong key or typing the wrong
information does no damage to a
computer. You can usually correct a
mistake simply by typing the information
again correctly. If this does not work, turn
to "Help" in the back of this manual.

Contents
Part 1/ Using the Tandy 102 I
1/ Starting Up 3
2/ Writing Notes and Letters
(TEXT) 9
3/ Cutting, Pasting, and
Finding Text (TEXT) 15
4/ Finding Schedules and
Addresses (SCHEDL and
ADDRSS) 21
5/ Dialing Telephone Numbers
(TELCOM) 25
6/ Running BASIC Programs
(BASIC) 29
7/ Expanding the Tandy 102 33
Part 21 Communicating with
Public-Access Computers 37
8/ Subscribing to Public
Computer Services 39
9/ Accessing Public
Computer Services .,45

10/ Retrieving Information
—
ASample Session with
CompuServe 55
11/ Sending Electronic Mail
—
ASample Session with
CompuServe 61
12/ Using Public
Bulletin Boards 65
13/ Automatically Dialing
and Logging On 69
Part 3/ Communicating with
Private Computers 75
14/ Which Computers can
Communicate with TELCOM .77
15/ Setting Communication
Parameters 85
16/ Establishing aConnection
—
Using the Built-in Modem 89
17/ Establishing aConnection—
Using aDirect Cable 95
it

18/ Establishing aConnection
—
Using an External Modem 99
19/ Communicating and
Exchanging Files ,,103
References 109
Reference A/
Help .110
Reference B/
TEXT Special Features 115
Reference C/
Memory Required by
TEXT Paste Buffer .-,,„.,.. .119
Reference D/
BASIC Programs 120
Reference E/
Tandy 102
Technical Information 122
Reference F/
TELCOM Codes 127

Part 1/
Using the Tandy 102
In this part of the manual, you will learn
how to start the Tandy 102, how to im-
mediately begin using its 5built-in pro-
grams, and where to find additional pro-
grams, equipment, and information on the
Tandy 102. We suggest that all customers
read this part.
Using Lhe Tandy 102/1